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Chinese New Year Festival (Food (Spring roll 春卷 (Spring rolls), Poon choi…
Chinese New Year Festival
Food
Spring roll 春卷
Poon choi
Sweet and sour spare ribs
Baozhi
Nian Gao 年糕
Origin
Why do people celebrate the Chinese new year? Chinese New Year has enjoyed a history of about 3,500 years. Its exact beginning is not recorded. Some people believe that Chinese New Year originated in the Shang Dynasty (1600–1046 BC) when people held sacrificial ceremonies in honor of gods and ancestors at the beginning of the end of each year. But people mainly celebrate Chinese New Year as a gathering of family friends to enjoy delicious delicacies and fireworks
Customs
Lion dances
Putting red banners on the outsides of their homes scare the monster in the legends and also set of firecracker as they also scare the monster
Fireworks
Red packets 利是
My personal experience
When I was 5 to 6 years old I watched the lion dance at school of how they played the instruments like the lion gong, the lion drums, and the lion cymbals. On 2016 I went to Xian and witnessed the fireworks take place at Chinese new year and it was wonderful
